Carry sling with auxiliary carry structure

ABSTRACT

A carry sling with auxiliary carry structure includes an auxiliary carry strap. A connection section is disposed at a middle section of the carry strap for connecting with a middle section of a carry sling for carrying a suspended article. Each of the two ends of the carry strap is provided with a first retainer member and a set of second retainer members is disposed on one side of each end section of the carry sling corresponding to the first retainer member. The carry sling can be slung over a user&#39;s neck and the two ends of the carry strap can be passed from the user&#39;s back over the user&#39;s armpits to directly connect with the suspended article or connect with any of the second retainer members so as to share the weight of the suspended article and reduce the pressure applied to rear side of the user&#39;s neck.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to a carry sling with auxiliary carry structure for carrying a suspended article, and more particularly to a carry sling with auxiliary carry structure, which enables a user's shoulders and back to share the weight of the suspended article and relieve the user's neck from the pressure so as to enhance comfortableness when carrying the suspended article.

2. Description of the Related Art

In daily life, it is often seen that an article, (such as a camera or a pair of glasses), is carried on the neck by means of a carry sling. FIG. 1 shows a conventional carry sling structure, which has an elongated flexible carry sling 3. Two ends of the carry sling 3 are connected to a suspended article 4 for carrying the same. The carry sling 3 can be connected with the suspended article 4 in many manners. For example, the two ends of the carry sling 3 are respectively provided with two first connection members, while the suspended article 4 is provided with two second connection members corresponding to the first connection members. The first and second connection members can be connected with each other to connect the suspended article 4 with the carry sling 3. Alternatively, the two ends of the carry sling 3 can be directly passed through the holes formed on the suspended article 4 to connect the carry sling 3 with the suspended article 4. Under such circumstance, a user can sling the suspended article 4 over his/her neck by means of the carry sling 3.

However, in view of physiological structure of human body, the cervical vertebra and muscles must support the head. Moreover, there are many vessels and nerves in the neck in communication with the vessels and nerves of the head and other parts of human body. Therefore, even if the suspended article 4 slung over the neck is a not very heavy article (such as a camera), the weight of the suspended article 4 will still cause severe uncomfortableness to the rear side of the neck. As a result, the neck will feel fatigued and sore. To improve this, in general, the other parts of human body (such as the shoulders and the back) can turn to partially share or totally bear the weight of the suspended article to reduce the load on the neck, The shoulders and the back are able to bear more pressure so that the neck can be relieved from the uncomfortableness. For example, the carry sling can be obliquely slung over one shoulder instead of the neck.

The conventional carry sling can be slung over the other parts of human body (such as obliquely slung over the shoulder) to relieve the neck from uncomfortableness. However, in some occasions, it is still necessary to sling the carry sling over the neck to keep the suspended article such as the camera in front of the chest or the belly for ready use. Under such circumstance, it is inconvenient to obliquely sling the carry sling over the shoulder since this will change the position of the suspended article.

It is therefore tried by the applicant to provide a carry sling with auxiliary carry structure to overcome the above shortcomings existing in the conventional carry sling. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure enables a user's shoulders and back to mostly share the weight of the suspended article and reduce the load on the user's neck so as to enhance comfortableness when carrying the suspended article,

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a carry sling with auxiliary carry structure, which enables a user's shoulders and back to mostly share the weight of a suspended article and reduce the load put on the user's neck so as to enhance comfortableness when carrying the suspended article.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide the above carry sling with auxiliary carry structure, in which the length of the carry strap can be adjusted in adaptation to the configurations and carry attitudes of different users.

To achieve the above and other objects, the carry sling with auxiliary carry structure of the present invention includes a carry strap. A connection section is disposed at a middle section of the carry strap for connecting with a carry sling for carrying a suspended article. Two ends of the carry strap are connected to two sections of the carry sling between two ends and a middle section of the carry sling. The carry sling can be slung over a user's neck and the two ends of the carry strap can be passed from the user's back over the user's armpits to share the weight of the suspended article and reduce the load on the user's neck.

In the above carry sling, the connection section of the carry strap is fixedly or separably connected with the carry sling.

In the above carry sling, each of the two ends of the carry strap is provided with a first retainer member and a set of second retainer members is disposed on one side of each end section of the carry sling corresponding to the first retainer member. The first retainer member can be adjustably connected with any of the second retainer members.

In the above carry sling, the carry strap is integrally connected with the carry sling.

In the above carry sling, the carry strap and the carry sling are integrally formed.

The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings, wherein:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional carry sling structure;

FIG. 2 is a perspective exploded view of a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective assembled view of the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the use of the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a rear view showing the use of the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Please refer to FIGS. 2 to 5. According to a first embodiment, the carry sling with auxiliary carry structure of the present invention includes a carry strap 1 and a carry sling 2. The carry strap 1 is a flexible strap body. A connection section 11 is connected with a middle section of the carry strap 1 by means of stitching or any other suitable processing method. In this embodiment, the connection section 11 is a structure with a flexible hook component 111 on one side and a flexible loop component 112 on the other side. In addition, each of two ends of the carry strap 1 is provided with a first retainer member 12. In the drawings, the first retainer member 12 is a snap button. However, in practice, the first retainer member 12 can be alternatively a hook and loop fastener or any other suitable connection member. The carry sling 2 is a soft and flexible strap body. Two ends of the carry sling 2 are connected to a suspended article 4. There are various means for connecting the suspended article to the carry sling 2, which are not included in the scope of the present invention and thus will not be further described hereinafter. A set of second retainer members 22 is disposed on one side of each end section of the carry sling 2. The second retainer members 22 are snap buttons, hook and loop fasteners or other connection members connectable with the first retainer member 12. In this embodiment, the set of second retainer members 22 includes multiple second retainer members 221, 222, 223 arranged in positions. Accordingly, the first retainer member 12 can be adjustably connected with any of the second retainer members 221, 222, 223 in different positions.

In use, the middle section of the carry sling 2 is fitted through the connection section 11 of the carry strap 1 with the hook component 111 and the loop component 112 attached to each other. Under such circumstance, the carry strap 1 and the carry sling 2 are connected with each other. Then the carry sling 2 is slung over a user's neck with the suspended article 4 suspended from the neck in front of the user's chest or belly. Two ends of the carry strap 1 are downward passed from the user's back over the armpits to the user's chest. Then the first retainer members 12 are connected with the second retainer members 22. In this case, by means of the carry strap 1, the user's back will mostly share the weight of the suspended article 4 and reduce the pressure applied to the rear side of the user's neck. Also, it is known that human back is able to bear greater pressure. Therefore, the user can more comfortably carry the suspended article.

In practice, the first retainer member 12 can be adjustably connected to any of the second retainer members 221, 222, 223 so as to change the circle length (size) of the carry strap 1 in adaptation to the configurations and carry attitudes of different users.

Please refer to FIG. 6, which shows a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment includes a carry strap 10 and a carry sling 20. A middle section of the carry strap 10 is provided with a lateral flap section 103 laterally extending from one side of the middle section of the carry strap 10. A first connection section 101 is disposed on the lateral flap section 103. In this embodiment, the first connection section 101 is a snap button. Alternatively, the first connection section 101 can be a hook and loop fastener or other connection member. Each of two ends of the carry strap 10 is provided with a first retainer member 102, which can be a hook and loop fastener, a snap button or any other suitable connection member, Two ends of the carry sling 20 are connected to a suspended article 4. A middle section of the carry sling 20 is provided with a second connection section 201, which can be a snap button, a hook and loop fastener or other connection member connectable with the first connection section 101. The first connection section 101 is connected with the second connection section 201 to detachably connect the carry strap 10 with the carry sling 20. A second retainer member 202 is disposed on one side of each end section of the carry sling 20. The second retainer member 202 is an elongated hook and loop fastener or other connection member. The first retainer member 102 can be adjustably attached to the second retainer member 202 in different positions in adaptation to the configurations and carry attitudes of different users.

Please refer to FIG. 7, which shows a third embodiment of the present invention. The third embodiment includes a carry strap 100 and a carry sling 200. The third embodiment is only different from the first embodiment in that the carry strap 100 and the carry sling 200 are integrally formed without the aforesaid connection section 11. Except this, the other components of the carry strap 100 (such as the first retainer members 12) and the other components of the carry sling 200 (such as the second retainer members 22) are identical to those of the first embodiment. (The first retainer members 12 and the second retainer members 22 of the first embodiment can be replaced with the first retainer members 102 and the second retainer members 202 of the second embodiment to achieve the same effect).

In this embodiment, the carry strap 100 and the carry sling 200 are integrally formed. Alternatively, the carry strap 100 can be inseparably connected with the carry sling 200 by means of adhesion, high frequency fusion, stitching or any other suitable processing method.

Please refer to FIG. 8, which shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The fourth embodiment includes a carry strap 5 and a carry sling 6. Each of two ends of the carry sling 6 is provided with a first connection member 61, which can be a spring ring clasp. Each of two sides of the suspended article 40 is provided with a second connection member 401, which can be a ring member. The first connection members 61 can be connected with the second connection members 401 to carry the suspended article 4 in a traditional manner. The middle section of the carry strap 5 is provided with a connection section 51 (as the connection section 11 with the hook component 111 and the loop component 112 of the first embodiment). The hook component and the loop component are attached to each other to hold the middle section of the carry sling 6. Each of two ends of the carry strap 5 is provided with a third connection member 52, which can be a spring ring clasp as the first connection member 61. The third connection members 52 can be connected with the second connection members 401 to directly connect the carry strap 5 with the suspended article 4. In this case, the user's back can more effectively share the weight of the suspended article 4 to reduce the pressure applied to the rear side of the user's neck.

In addition, as necessary, the carry strap 5 and the carry sling 6 can be provided with length adjustment units 53, 63 between the middle sections and the ends of the carry strap 5 and the carry sling 6. By means of the length adjustment units 53, 63, the lengths of the carry strap 5 and the carry sling 6 can be adjusted in adaptation to different configurations and different carry attitudes of different users. Moreover, the carry sling 6 is provided with two sets of fourth connection members 62 between the middle section and the ends respectively. In this embodiment, each set of fourth connection members 62 includes multiple fourth connection members 621, 622, 623 arranged indifferent positions. The fourth connection members 621, 622, 623 can be holes for the third connection members 52 to link in. Accordingly, the third connection member 52 of the carry strap 5 can be adjustably linked in any of the fourth connection members 621, 622, 623 of the carry sling 6 in different positions to change the circle length (size) of the carry strap 5 in adaptation to the configurations and carry attitudes of different users.

In the fourth embodiment, the hook component and the loop component of the connection section 51 of the carry strap 5 are attached to each other to hold the middle section of the carry sling 6. Alternatively, the carry strap 5 can be connected with the middle section of the carry sling 6 by means of the snap buttons as in the second embodiment of FIG. 6. Still alternatively, the carry strap 5 and the carry sling 6 can be integrally formed with their middle sections integrally connected with each other as in the third embodiment of FIG. 7. Still alternatively, the carry strap 5 can be connected with the carry sling 6 by means of adhesion, high frequency fusion, stitching or any other suitable processing method.

In conclusion, the carry sling with auxiliary carry structure of the present invention is able to relieve a user's neck from the pressure and enhance comfortableness when carrying the suspended article.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. What is claimed is: 

1. A carry sling with auxiliary carry structure comprising at least one carry strap, at least one connection section being disposed at a middle section of the carry strap, two ends of the carry strap being respectively connectable with two ends of a carry sling for carrying a suspended article, by means of the connection section, a middle section of the carry sling being connectable with the middle section of the carry strap, whereby when the carry strap is connected with the carry sling, the carry sling can be slung over a user's neck and the two ends of the carry strap can be passed from the user's back over the user's armpits to the user's chest so as to share the weight of the suspended article and reduce the load applied to the user's neck.
 2. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carry sling is connected with the connection section of the carry strap.
 3. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the two ends of the carry strap is provided with a first retainer member and a set of second retainer members is disposed on one side of each end section of the carry sling corresponding to the first retainer member, whereby the first retainer member can be connected with any of the second retainer members.
 4. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the two ends of the carry strap is provided with a first retainer member and a set of second retainer members is disposed on one side of each end section of the carry sling corresponding to the first retainer member, whereby the first retainer member can be connected with any of the second retainer members.
 5. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein the set of second retainer members includes multiple second retainer members arranged in positions, whereby the first retainer member can be adjustably connected with any of the second retainer members in different positions.
 6. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 4, wherein the set of second retainer members includes multiple second retainer members arranged in different positions, whereby the first retainer member can be adjustably connected with any of the second retainer members in different positions.
 7. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first and second retainer members are snap buttons connectable with each other.
 8. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first and second retainer members are hook and loop fasteners connectable with each other.
 9. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connection section of the carry strap is a first connection section and the middle section of the carry sling is provided with a second connection section corresponding to the first connection section of the carry strap, the second connection section being separably connectable with the first connection section.
 10. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein the connection section of the carry strap is a first connection section and the middle section of the carry sling is provided with a second connection section corresponding to the first connection section of the carry strap, the second connection section being separably connectable with the first connection section.
 11. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first and second connection sections are selected from the group consisting of snap buttons and hook and loop fasteners.
 12. A carry sling with auxiliary carry structure comprising at least one carry strap, at least one connection section being disposed at a middle section of the carry strap for connecting with a carry sling for carrying a suspended article, each of two ends of the carry strap being provided with a third connection member for connecting with the suspended article, whereby the carry sling can be slung over a user's neck and the two ends of the carry strap can be passed from the user's back over the user's armpits to the user's chest so as to share the weight of the suspended article to reduce the load applied to the user's neck.
 13. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 12, wherein the carry sling is connected with the connection section of the carry strap.
 14. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 12, wherein each of two sides of the suspended article is provided with a second connection member and each of two ends of the carry sling is provided with a first connection member, the third connection member of the carry strap and the first connection member of the carry sling being connectable with the second connection member of the suspended article.
 15. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 13, wherein each of two sides of the suspended article is provided with a second connection member and each of two ends of the carry sling is provided with a first connection member, the third connection member of the carry strap and the first connection member of the carry sling being connectable with the second connection member of the suspended article.
 16. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 14, wherein the carry sling is provided with two sets of fourth connection members between the middle section and the ends respectively for connecting with the third connection members of the carry strap.
 17. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 15, wherein the carry sling is provided with two sets of fourth connection members between the middle section and the ends respectively for connecting with the third connection members of the carry strap.
 18. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 16, wherein the set of fourth connection members includes multiple fourth connection members arranged in different positions, whereby the third connection member of the carry strap can be adjustably connected with any of the fourth connection members in different positions.
 19. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 16, wherein the third and fourth connection members are hook and loop fasteners.
 20. The carry sling with auxiliary carry structure as claimed in claim 12, wherein the connection section of the carry strap is a first connection section and a middle section of the carry sling is provided with a second connection section, which is connectable with the first connection section of the carry strap. 